Volkswagen to install its own 5G network in assembly plants

Berlin (dpa) – Volkswagen Group goals to put in its personal 5G community to spice up productiveness at its assembly plants, the corporate has advised dpa.

“We’re working in direction of gaining personal 5G transmission licences for industrial use,” VW spokesman Jonas Kulawik mentioned, including that implementation of the high-speed community would happen in levels.

“We intention to arrange a pilot operation initially, study from it, after which roll out native 5G networks in our crops,” Kulawik mentioned.

No remaining determination has been taken on the place to launch the pilot venture, however the primary VW plant within the northern metropolis of Wolfsburg and the plant at Zwickau, close to the Czech border, are the entrance runners.

VW has not dominated out cooperation with industrial community suppliers at a later stage, however the agency is initially aiming for its personal community, with the intention of facilitating flexibility and effectivity.

The corporate’s plans are aimed at networking the roughly 5,000 robots at Wolfsburg in addition to different equipment and services.

VW subsidiary Audi in Ingolstadt has initiated trials, though chips able to 5G transmission are nonetheless missing.

Porsche, one other subsidiary, goals to have its preliminary networked infrastructure up and operating by 2020.